Monday, April 19, 2010

a spring feast

after looking through all of them, i think my favorite has to be the second from the top -

The New Vegetarian Epicure by Anna Thomas

She has her recipes first arranged by season and then arranged into menus. Each menu usually has a starter, a main course, and a dessert.

i want to make EVERYTHING in there!

a few nights ago i tried one of her spring menus:

*corn tamales

*black bean soup

*mango sorbet

sorbet in the ice cream maker:

mango in the blender(out of order, i know!):

finished black bean soup (not the most beautiful picture):fresh pico:

sadly, my tamales had to be made with foil :(

after a trip to 2 grocery stores with 3 kids under 4 in tow,

i gave up looking for corn husks!

i thoroughly enjoyed the meal! my husband did make the comment that the tamales tasted like jiffy corn mix! so i think i will try one of her other tamales recipes that call for more ingredients!

the mango sorbet called for triple sec (for flavor and to help it keep a nice texture) which i didn't use because of the kids. sadly the sorbet is hard as an ice cube, so i think i may defrost it and blend it into a nice margarita to make mango margaritas!!

overall, i loved the meal and look forward to trying other recipes from this book!